Brazil

We used Uber quite a bit (including to/from the airport where there is free wifi). Trains make for easy public transportation to/from downtown. There is a large central park Parque Ibirapuera which we spent a morning walking around. The Mercado Municipal was highly recommended by locals. I went to the Museu de arte de São Paulo & would have loved to get to Museu Afro-Brasil. Check out Batman alley for graffiti. Favorite foods/drinks included: Cachaça de jambú (this particular kind makes your tongue numb), Pão de queijo, Açaí, Feijoada. Go out dancing (I hope your moves are better than mine!)

—> RiodeJaneiro

We took a bus (Brasileiro http://www.expressobrasileiro.com & 1001 http://www.autoviacao1001.com.br were the companies we used) from Sao Paulo to Rio, that was a good day trip (about 8 hrs: 9-5) and they do make a 30 min or so lunch stop en route. It was hard to purchase tickets online because we didn’t have a local code associated with our credit cards so we just took the train to the bus station one day in advance to book our trip.

We stayed at an Airbnb in the Copacabana area of Rio which we liked (Che Lagarto, the one highly recommended hostel, was booked out so Airbnb was option B) the Ipanema area would have been a good place to stay too, we liked walking to that beach. The place to go out is Lapa. One touristy thing we did was visit Selarón’s staircase in Lapa during the day & I found that I really liked that (if you like artsy things and can handle the tourists, check it out!).

Other spots which travelers/Brazilians recommended included Isla Grande, Paraty (we booked at the Che Lagarto hostel here but missed our bus & had to skip over to Rio), Minas Gerais and Trinidad.

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When I initially thought about writing a blog, I started to brainstorm what exactly the TYPE of travel I do is. Growing up in Montana, I have spent a lot of time in the woods. Heading off to Europe with my backpack on reminds me of heading into the woods with one. I am a light packer and tend to stay in pretty simple hostels with only the essentials in hand. That being said, there seem to be some who "rough it" far more boldly than me...so I'll call it "urban glamping" I hope that the experiences I record here could be of some use to those looking to travel and I welcome questions/comments/feedback. Thank you for reading my words. Boy voyage!
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